Strategy Games

Worms 4

Worms 4

Platform: iOS
September 3, 2015
***4/5 - "charmingly fun," 148 Apps*** ***4/5 - "I can't deny the grin it put on my face," Touch Arcade*** ***4/5 - "probably the best mobile game in the series and worth picking up for the missions alone," Tap Smart*** The latest instalment in the worldwide mega hit franchise! When the guys and girls at Team 17 jump around and squeal with excitement, you know you are on to a winner. You see, the team who designed Worms 4 had you and your favourite device in mind when they created; Synchronous Multiplayer Matches: Battle against opponents from around the world with real time one on one online multiplayer matches! Shorter, more explosive matches to provide compelling bite sized gameplay. Streamlined menu systems to get you into game with a minimum of fuss. Add enriched cartoon visuals which look great even on the smaller screens. But thats not all! Take a look at the below list and you will see why the folks at Team17 are simply buzzin about Worms 4. Brand New Weapons: Wreak havoc with an assembly of brand new weapon designs including Haileys Comet! Weapon Upgrades: Worms 4 is designed to be a very rewarding play experience. Players can collect more than a hundred weapon upgrades to make their worms more powerful! Weapon upgrades can be mixed and matched to better suit the players strategy. Five Gorgeous Locations: Do battle in five beautiful hand drawn regions: Middle Turf, Candiville, Wacky-Habara, Tomorrow Islands and the Fro Zone. 80 Single Player Missions: Test your skills against 80 single player missions. Missions are designed not only to provide the player with hours of enjoyment, but also to teach the finer points of Worms playing strategy! Factions: Each player in the game chooses an allegiance, fighting under the banner of Red or Blue! The daily tug of war competition pits faction against faction, with the winners reaping the benefits of extra in-game rewards! World Events: Each week dynamic events take place around the games world map. The player enters into these events and competes against other players, with the aim of representing their faction and earning prizes for fellow faction members. Better with Metal: Users whose devices have metal support enjoy additional visual effects. Fantastic Customisation Options: As always, Worms 4 features a plethora of great customisation options, allowing the player to individually customise each worm and give their team the personal touch! Daily Challenges: Partake in fun optional daily challenges to earn yourself and your faction additional rewards! Loot: Spin the loot wheel and break open the loot chests to gain truckloads of rewards and customise every aspect of your worm! Connect with Friends: Connect your Facebook account to battle your friends in online multiplayer or view your friends progress on the world map screen and compete to beat their scores.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Platform: iOS
September 3, 2015
It's been a few years since the zombpocalypse turned the world's cities into graveyards and sent the few survivors into hiding. Now you must gather them up and restore civilization to a ruined city, one building at a time.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.8
Act of Aggression

Act of Aggression

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
In what is shaping up to be their most ambitious project since Act of War, Eugen Systems will deliver a real-time strategy experience set in the 2020's in a darkly realistic future where 3 major factions fight for their interests. In a world where international crisis and financial order is set in a seemingly unending loop, the shadowy organization known as "The Cartel" attempt to complete a secret agenda with high-tech technology, stolen prototypes and stealthy operatives. Against this looming threat stands the Chimere, a UNO funded, classified military organization specialized in fast strikes, which attempts to maintain global peace and order. Finally, somewhere between the two stands the US Army, worn out by two decades of being kept on a war footing with too few replacements, but still fielding a great deal of battle-hardened veterans.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
Renowned Explorers: International Society

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
Renowned Explorers: International Society is a strategy adventure game set in a fictitious 19th century world. It introduces a unique attitude-based gameplay that challenges both your tactical and storytelling skills. In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.4
Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
This latest multiplayer standalone entry in the COH2 series features this iconic Allied army. Experience a unique tech-tree that challenges the player to balance the constant trade-off between mobility and defense. Surprise opponents with your development choices and an open end game configuration.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.3
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 1, 2015
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
NOVA-111

NOVA-111

Platform: PlayStation Vita
September 1, 2015
NOVA-111 is a sci-fi themed turn-based adventure game with a twist of real-time action. Navigate your trusty orange science vessel as you voyage through mysterious planets in search for the famed scientists who were lost into the cosmic REAL-TIME vortex.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.8
Space Hulk

Space Hulk

Platform: PlayStation Vita
September 1, 2015
Based on the best-selling board game and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Space Hulk is a 3D digital turn based strategy game that recreates the classic claustrophobic board game experience for single player and multiplayer cross-platform play between PC, Mac and on iOS. Space Hulk is set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of an ancient vessel lost in the graveyard of space. Players lead a small army of fearless Space Marine Terminators to battle in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory alien Genestealers.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.7
Satellite Reign

Satellite Reign

Platform: PC
August 28, 2015
A real-time, class-based strategy game through which you control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a simulated, living cyberpunk city.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.8
Lara Croft GO

Lara Croft GO

Platform: iOS
August 27, 2015
Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.1
Big Pharma

Big Pharma

Platform: PC
August 27, 2015
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.4
NOVA-111

NOVA-111

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 25, 2015
NOVA-111 is a sci-fi themed turn-based adventure game with a twist of real-time action. Navigate your trusty orange science vessel as you voyage through mysterious planets in search for the famed scientists who were lost into the cosmic REAL-TIME vortex.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
5.5
Crookz: The Big Heist

Crookz: The Big Heist

Platform: PC
August 25, 2015
Crookz is a tactical strategy game set in the funky 1970’s with a slick and groovy atmosphere. Show off the art of thieving by plotting stylish heists and robberies; utilizing espionage and quick-thinking to avoid detection. Implement a successful strategy by assembling and kitting out your team before the job and planning the best way in.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.1
NOVA-111

NOVA-111

Platform: PC
August 25, 2015
NOVA-111 is a sci-fi themed turn-based adventure game with a twist of real-time action. Navigate your trusty orange science vessel as you voyage through mysterious planets in search for the famed scientists who were lost into the cosmic REAL-TIME vortex.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.1
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - The Grand Tournament

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - The Grand Tournament

Platform: PC
August 24, 2015
132 new cards add a cavalry of noble knights, powerful steeds, potent spells, and more to your collection. A new keyword, Inspire, rallies minions to perform great acts of courage as they fight in your honor for a hard-earned victory.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
4.0
Valhalla Hills

Valhalla Hills

Platform: PC
August 24, 2015
Valhalla Hills is a humorous new civilization-building strategy game from Daedalic Entertainment.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.1
Dungeon of the Endless

Dungeon of the Endless

Platform: iOS
August 20, 2015
Do you want to know what's behind the door? A Rogue-Like Dungeon Defense with a pinch of RPG. Open the door... what could go wrong?
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.4
SMITE

SMITE

Platform: Xbox One
August 19, 2015
Players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.3
Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Platform: PC
August 12, 2015
Leaving the battlefields of past eras behind, players face off against rival toy armies to determine who rules the battlefield.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.6
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

Platform: iOS
August 12, 2015
If you can build it, you can ride it in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, a game that lets you create your own amusement park. The third installment in the RollerCoaster tycoon series features a new Coaster Cam that lets you ride the rides you design. Your rides can attract diverse characters with changing facial expressions and hundreds of animations including running, jumping, dancing, and throwing up. Customize your guests, walk around your park, and become a true roller coaster tycoon.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.7
Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Platform: Xbox One
August 11, 2015
Leaving the battlefields of past eras behind, players face off against rival toy armies to determine who rules the battlefield.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.7
Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 11, 2015
Leaving the battlefields of past eras behind, players face off against rival toy armies to determine who rules the battlefield.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.1
Paradise Bay

Paradise Bay

Platform: iOS
August 5, 2015
Let the warm island sun and refreshing tropical breeze fuel your sense of adventure! Welcome to Paradise Bay, the ultimate escape for travelers, explorers, and dreamers.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
The Castle Game

The Castle Game

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 4, 2015
Ever played escort missions in a tower defense setting? Imagine using the defenses and walls to keep the enemies out, but also having safe and open paths for your allies to run through. Or how about having all the structures be destroyable? Now, some enemies are pretty dumb and will follow the path you cleverly designed, but the smarter ones will take out any structure that can pose a threat to them. So now you have defenses that can be damaged. To balance things out, you are given a giant hammer that can quickly repair structures. Engineers are also available to auto-repair any damaged structures nearby. [Neptune Interactive]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.6
Cosmonautica

Cosmonautica

Platform: iOS
July 31, 2015
Cast off! Are you ready for some hilarious adventures in outer space? Start by boarding a washed-up space cruiser and fulfill your destiny as an aspiring captain on the hunt for fame and fortune. Cosmonautica combines elements of space trading and crew simulation to create a unique experience. Only if you take good care of your crew you will be able to succeed. Do you have what it takes to become the best trader, smuggler, pirate or even space taxi? It's your choice!
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 31, 2015
Enter the Duelist Simulator to take your place among the finest Duelists ever in Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist! Players from around the world have been invited to take part in an elite Dueling program that simulates the best Duels across all of Yu-Gi-Oh! history.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.3
Magic Duels: Origins

Magic Duels: Origins

Platform: PC
July 29, 2015
Every origin Begins with a spark. Enter the worlds best strategy card game with Magic Duels, an all-new digital experience! Immerse yourself in the world of Magic: The Gatherings exciting new Origins campaign as you play through the stories of five iconic Planeswalkers. Hone your skills and build your deck of spells from an ever-growing library of collectible cards, then take on your friends or thousands of AI opponents in Battle Mode. Enjoy virtually endless gameplay with regular card and content updates, quests and achievements, multiple play modes-including fan favorites like Two-Headed Giant-and fully earnable content. The new Skill Quest training system and enhanced Deck Builder with step-by-step guidance ensure an epic Magic experience for new and veteran players alike. Join 20 million Magic fans around the world and begin your journey in Magic Duels now!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.1
Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension

Platform: PlayStation Vita
July 28, 2015
Find the traitor who hides among your members!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.8
Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension

Platform: PlayStation 3
July 28, 2015
Find the traitor who hides among your members!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.2
Breach & Clear: Deadline

Breach & Clear: Deadline

Platform: PC
July 20, 2015
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline is the all-new follow up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful hybrid tactical strategy game.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.7
Legions of Steel

Legions of Steel

Platform: PC
July 16, 2015
The Empire of the Machines is threatening the entire universe. The other factions have banded together to defend the galaxy from the invader. Battles are raging in the corridors of the Machines underground production facilities.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
4.4
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Tyranid Invasion

Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Tyranid Invasion

Platform: iOS
July 16, 2015
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch: Tyranid Invasion is a turn-based strategy game, set on the edge of Imperial space, where your Space Marines will take on the Tyranids in a series of tactical engagements. From war ravaged cities, to the insides of Tyranid bio-ships, the missions will see your Kill Team rise in strength and skill as you face ever greater threats and peril.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
4.8
Sorcerer King

Sorcerer King

Platform: PC
July 16, 2015
Your Kingdom is the final hope against the malevolent Sorcerer King's quest to become a god and destroy the world in this asymmetrical 4X fantasy strategy title.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.1
This War of Mine

This War of Mine

Platform: iOS
July 15, 2015
In This War of Mine, the focus is shifted away from military operations portrayed in most games. Instead, it is a dark survival game where players control a group of civilians trying to stay alive in a besieged city. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, offering players time to craft, trade, upgrade their shelter, feed and cure their people. At night they must scavenge nearby areas in search for food, medicines, weapons and other useful items.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.4
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 14, 2015
Deception 4: The Nightmare Princess is the successor to Deception IV: Blood Ties, which revolved around Laegrinna, a deceitful fragment of the Devil’s soul who chose between Sadistic Torment, Elaborate Death, or Humiliating Demise to defeat her foes through trickery. In this new installment, players not only relive Laegrinna’s entire pursuit to free her father, the Devil, from his eternal prison, but they also get introduced to an entirely new, wickedly sadistic, and infernally mischievous character: Velguirie.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.1
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

Platform: PlayStation Vita
July 14, 2015
Unleash your inner evil! The Nightmare Princess, Velguirie, uses her kicks and spins in her own quest to revive the Devil by trapping humans. Set over 180 traps in a variety of locales, including all new modern stages! - New stages: gym, hospital, and park! - New Quest Mode: Discover the story of Velguirie, the Nightmare Princess - Enemy Edit to create your own sacrifices - All of the content of Deception IV: Blood Ties ...and more! *Traps, abilities, and costumes acquired in Deception IV: Blood Ties can be carried over to Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.6
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

Platform: PC
July 13, 2015
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a zany simulation game in which you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world. Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
Card Hunter

Card Hunter

Platform: PC
July 13, 2015
Card Hunter is is an innovative new take on strategy gaming that lets its developers flex their turn-based gaming muscles in a way that they never could have as part of a bigger outfit.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.6
Magic Duels: Origins

Magic Duels: Origins

Platform: iOS
July 8, 2015
Every origin Begins with a spark. Enter the worlds best strategy card game with Magic Duels, an all-new digital experience! Immerse yourself in the world of Magic: The Gatherings exciting new Origins campaign as you play through the stories of five iconic Planeswalkers. Hone your skills and build your deck of spells from an ever-growing library of collectible cards, then take on your friends or thousands of AI opponents in Battle Mode. Enjoy virtually endless gameplay with regular card and content updates, quests and achievements, multiple play modes-including fan favorites like Two-Headed Giant-and fully earnable content. The new Skill Quest training system and enhanced Deck Builder with step-by-step guidance ensure an epic Magic experience for new and veteran players alike. Join 20 million Magic fans around the world and begin your journey in Magic Duels now!
Metascore:
84
User Score:
4.4
Mercenaries Saga 2: Order Of The Silver Eagle

Mercenaries Saga 2: Order Of The Silver Eagle

Platform: 3DS
July 2, 2015
Mercenaries Saga 2 is a Tactical RPG based on a fantasy world's stage. Claude is the captain of the Kingdom's Order of the Silver Eagle. One day while he guarded Prince Laz's hunting session, an assassin appeared. Claude covers the prince's escape and stops the assassin, but it was just a trap and the prince has been poisoned by a blade. To aid the prince, Claude has to lead the Silver Eagle north so that they can find the only antidote an Erni Herb... -Mercenaries Saga 2 is a Tactical Strategy RPG based on a fantasy world's stage. -Battles engage in quarter view map and tactics vary from different terrain. Characters can take advantage from standing position to assist each other and attacking enemies' back. -Use acquired points to learn new skill and change class, level up by free battle, full repeatable gameplay is possible.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.6
RONIN

RONIN

Platform: PC
June 30, 2015
Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.5
Lethis - Path of Progress

Lethis - Path of Progress

Platform: PC
June 25, 2015
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.3
Door Kickers

Door Kickers

Platform: iOS
June 24, 2015
Door Kickers is the unforgiving, award winning SWAT-command quick tactics game from the PC. Includes all updates and a new campaign, as well as full cross-platform saves compatibility and an all-new interface designed specifically for touch based platforms.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
tbd
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Platform: iOS
June 19, 2015
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is set during the Second War for Armageddon. In this hex-based, turn-based game developed by Flashback Games and The Lordz Games Studio, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities. The game features a complex plot, involving known characters from the Warhammer 40,000 universe and while advancing through the campaign, the player will have the ability to carryover his core force from scenario to scenario.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Fallout Shelter

Fallout Shelter

Platform: iOS
June 14, 2015
Fallout Shelter is a post-nuclear strategy and simulation experience that puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault. Build the perfect Vault from a variety of rooms, oversee your very own thriving community of Vault Dwellers, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. Vault-Tec has provided the tools, but the rest is up to you.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.6
The Masterplan

The Masterplan

Platform: PC
June 4, 2015
The Masterplan is a tactical heist game set in the 70s. Can you achieve the greatest heist in the history of mankind?
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.3
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Platform: PC
June 4, 2015
Assume charge of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that tests your abilities as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.0
You Must Build A Boat

You Must Build A Boat

Platform: iOS
June 4, 2015
Travel the world in your boat, from the top of the Mage Tower to the bottom of Hell
Metascore:
89
User Score:
6.9
You Must Build A Boat

You Must Build A Boat

Platform: PC
June 4, 2015
You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.9
Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm

Platform: PC
June 2, 2015
This free-to-play online team brawler assembles a diverse cast of characters from Blizzard’s far-flung realms of science fiction and fantasy, including the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes, and challenges them to compete in epic, adrenaline-charged battles. Heroes of the Storm solicits players to customize heroes to suit their style and then team up with friends for some all-out mayhem. The game features an array of gameplay modes for players of every skill level, including Cooperative, in which players team up against computer-controlled opponents, and Quick Match, an accessible way to jump in and play versus others. Experienced players can also join forces against other teams of players in highly competitive, draft-style ranked play. [Blizzard]
Metascore:
86
User Score:
6.3
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition

Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
June 2, 2015
Washing up on the shores of the afterlife, players meet and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal-monks, and mustachioed samurai generals on the way to capture Skulls of the Shogun. With its roots in classic turn-based strategy gaming, Skulls of the Shogun retains depth and adds a smooth, simple interface that makes it accessible and enjoyable even to players new to the genre. Players immerse themselves in battle with fun and unique game play features amidst lush, eerie environments. Also featuring 4-player local and networked multi-player and an original score inspired by old samurai films and dub, Skulls of the Shogun offers simple-yet-deep, refined and offbeat game-play.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.9
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven

Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven

Platform: 3DS
June 2, 2015
Residing on the outskirts of town as the proprietor of a quiet, rustic inn, Luchs has lived through much of his life proudly clinging to a code of honour passed down from father to son for generations: "When our cherished guests finally arrive, think of them as nothing less than family." Unfortunately, the inn has not yet had even a single guest since its foundation, leaving Luchs no choice but to excavate and sell crystals - the islands most valuable fuel source - in order to make ends meet. It is during one such routine excavation that he happens upon a beautiful maiden encased inside a massive crystal, and her abrupt awakening triggers a series of unexpected events that include foul fiends, astonishing abilities, and miraculous mysteries... Features: -Seven heroines, seven stories - each of the seven heroines who come to inhabit the inn have their own stories to tell, and building relationships with them will unlock new, specialised attacks to aid in combat when they join the battle party. -Strategic combat makes every turn count - "Bowl" over as many enemies with a single strike as possible, challenging players to line up melee, ranged and magical attacks so frontline enemies are knocked into others for maximum collateral damage. -Craft your way to new skills in addition to unlocking new abilities, participating in Free Battles and registering for Street Pass can provide rare crafting items for use in creating new skills to help turn the tides of battle. -Adjustable difficulty levels and more - players can toggle among Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties, use the Fast Forward feature to speed up combat as desired, or relive fond memories via in-game movie and art galleries.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.5
Massive Chalice

Massive Chalice

Platform: PC
June 1, 2015
Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign where you must unite your kingdom under a powerful dynasty as an immortal King or Queen to eliminate the demonic threat, and reforge the Massive Chalice.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.0
Massive Chalice

Massive Chalice

Platform: Xbox One
June 1, 2015
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the Nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a war lasting hundreds of years.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.8
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Platform: PC
May 29, 2015
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.6
Invizimals: The Resistance

Invizimals: The Resistance

Platform: PlayStation Vita
May 26, 2015
Collect more than 150 unique creatures, including 24 new Invizimals and 21 Xtractors.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.9
Interloper

Interloper

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Swords & Soldiers II

Swords & Soldiers II

Platform: Wii U
May 21, 2015
Command your troops against fiendish foes in colourful 2D strategy romp, Swords & Soldiers II, on Wii U. While ever-hungry Viking chieftain, Redbeard, is locked in combat with his old nemesis, Blackbeard, two fiendish factions arrive to create a fresh twist to the proceedings. Enter the Demons and the Persians. Use real-time tactics to command your troops on a 2D battleground, and save the world from these marauders.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.9
Heroes and Castles 2

Heroes and Castles 2

Platform: iOS
May 14, 2015
You stand solemn, overlooking the battlefield. To your left, towering giants rush into battle, bashing hordes of goblins high into the air with each swing of their bone clubs. To your right, Dwarven Iron Helms break into shambling skeletons, while a line of Pikemen ready their spears for one last charge. Behind you, your Elven Archers unleash their arrows overhead into lumbering Trolls and savage Orcs. But it is not enough, and the enemy keeps coming... With one last cry to battle, you ready your sword and charge into the fray!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Galactic Civilizations III

Galactic Civilizations III

Platform: PC
May 14, 2015
Galactic Civilizations III challenges players to assemble an empire that dominates the galaxy through conquest, diplomacy, cultural hegemony, or scientific research.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.0
Invisible, Inc.

Invisible, Inc.

Platform: PC
May 12, 2015
Invisible, Inc. is a mercenary espionage agency operating in the latter years of the 21st century. Infiltrate procedurally generated corporate facilities in tense, turn-based missions where every move could be your last. Find profit in chaos as you guide your team around the world in search of lucrative contracts.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.9
Breach & Clear

Breach & Clear

Platform: PlayStation Vita
May 12, 2015
Build your arsenal with thousands of gun combinations, and specialize each soldier with a combination of perks, tactics, camo, armor, and inventory all tailored by you. Tune your load-out with consumables like UAV Drones and Breaching Charges that can change the course of battle!
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.6
Spacecom

Spacecom

Platform: iOS
May 6, 2015
SPACECOM a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat. No coincidence, no luck. Spacecom pushes your ability to strategize with a focus on real-time tactics and planning. Use proven maneuvers learned from military legends or devise your own plans. Test your wits in single player campaign, go head-to-head with up to 5 opponents in multiplayer or experiment with new strategies in AI skirmish mode. Most of all, you'll need a bright mind, cunning, and sound tactics. When the war begins, leave the little things behind and dive into austere soundscapes as you immerse yourself in starfleet command. From now on, what matters is your grasp of tactics and strategy, not how fast you can click. Spacecom is about creativity in planning, not complexity of game mechanics.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.7
Empires & Allies

Empires & Allies

Platform: iOS
May 5, 2015
Join your friends in Zynga's new game, Empires & Allies! http://www.facebook.com/EmpiresAndAllies Secure your territory, build up your forces, and team up with your neighbors to defeat the Dark Alliance—or stage an invasion against your friends!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker

Platform: 3DS
May 5, 2015
Your days are numbered. Your character in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker is stuck in a world that has been invaded and is on the brink of non-existence. At the same time, you and your friends have gained the ability to summon demons via your cell phone, and with it, a power to fight against fate. The countdown begins; will you be able to save the future of mankind?
Metascore:
84
User Score:
5.4
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Platform: PC
May 4, 2015
Regicide is a novel take on the Warhammer universe, featuring an intense mix of strategy and cinematic gameplay. An original and brutal take on turn-based strategy, Regicide fuses characters, abilities and environments derived from the Warhammer 40,000 universe from Games Workshop, with traditional strategy and new action-heavy gameplay elements.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.6
Space Colony: Steam Edition

Space Colony: Steam Edition

Platform: PC
April 30, 2015
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.4
Chroma Squad

Chroma Squad

Platform: PC
April 30, 2015
Chroma Squad is a tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show. Cast actors, purchase equipment and upgrades for your studio, craft weapons and giant Mechas out of cardboard and duct tape.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Jurassic World: The Game

Jurassic World: The Game

Platform: iOS
April 29, 2015
Return to Isla Nublar with the creators of the smash hit Jurassic Park Builder for your next adventure: Jurassic World: The Game, the official mobile game based on this summer's epic action-adventure. Bring to life more than 50 colossal dinosaurs from the new film and challenge your opponents in earth-shaking battles. Construct the theme park of tomorrow in this unrivaled build-and-battle dinosaur experience.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
3.9
Tropico 5

Tropico 5

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 28, 2015
Chock full of a host of new gameplay features and new artwork designed from scratch, Tropico 5 takes the series into a new direction - dynasties. You, as El Presidente, will first take control of the infamous island of Tropico during early colonial times and then guide it through the centuries as the world changes and moves ever forward.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Platform: PC
April 28, 2015
Shadowrun Online is the second Kickstarter video game project set in the unique world of Shadowrun. The first project, Shadowrun Returns, focused primarily on providing a great single player adventure experience, while Shadowrun Online - like the pen & paper version - is all about experiencing the awesome world and gritty atmosphere of Shadowrun together with friends. Fluid co-op gameplay and intense player vs player faction wars set in a persistent and evolving world - this is what Shadowrun Online is about.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.0
Dungeons 2

Dungeons 2

Platform: PC
April 24, 2015
In Dungeons 2, fulfill the Dungeon Lord’s voracious quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.2
A-Train 3D: City Simulator

A-Train 3D: City Simulator

Platform: 3DS
April 14, 2015
A-Train: City Simulator is a Nintendo 3DS game that promises to blend city and transportation simulation.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Age of Wonders III - Eternal Lords

Age of Wonders III - Eternal Lords

Platform: PC
April 14, 2015
Eternal Lords is the major, second expansion for the acclaimed strategy game Age of Wonders III. With the introduction of the Tigran and Frostling races and the new Necromancer class, players must adapt to a world on the brink of cataclysmic change. New features such as the Race Governance system, which allows players to tailor features of each race in their empire to meet their strategic needs, add new layers of depth to empire development and diplomacy.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.6
StarDrive 2

StarDrive 2

Platform: PC
April 9, 2015
The core mechanics of the franchise have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring realtime battles.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.4
Krinkle Krusher

Krinkle Krusher

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 7, 2015
Krinkle Krusher is an action castle defense in which you cast elemental spells to defend your kingdom from the twisted and hungry creatures called Krinkles. After several generations of peace, they happen to come back exactly when the Ancient Tree bears its first fruits in centuries and of course a cake was made from it.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.4
Mortal Kombat Mobile

Mortal Kombat Mobile

Platform: iOS
April 7, 2015
Mortal Kombat X combines cinematic presentation with all new gameplay, offering a new fully-connected experience that launches players into a persistent online contest where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy. For the first time, Mortal Kombat X gives players the ability to choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style. Players step into an original story showcasing some of the game’s most prolific characters including Scorpion and Sub-Zero, while introducing new challengers that represent the forces of good and evil and tie the tale together.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.4
War for the Overworld

War for the Overworld

Platform: PC
April 2, 2015
War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RPG, RTS and god game genres. In War for the Overworld, you will play as a malevolent Underlord with unrivaled dark power and an insatiable desire for bloody conquest. Excavate your dungeon and populate it with dozens of unique rooms that will attract myriad creatures to your halls to work and fight for you. In addition to creatures you have destructive spells and powerful rituals to cast upon any unsuspecting goodly hero (or rival Underlord) who dares trespass your unholy halls.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.8
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blackrock Mountain

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blackrock Mountain

Platform: PC
April 2, 2015
An expansion for Hearthstone, Blackrock Mountain is a single-player adventure.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
5.5
Story of Seasons

Story of Seasons

Platform: 3DS
March 31, 2015
Story of Seasons is the start of a new chapter in the ‘Bokujo Monogatari’ series, a long-standing farming/life simulation franchise. Though the series is reborn with a new name, it continues the traditions of customizable farms, animal care, marriage and child-rearing. After creating a customized character, players can live out a new life by cultivating their favorite fruits and vegetables while expanding and filling their farm with their choice of animals.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.0
Bloodsports.TV

Bloodsports.TV

Platform: PC
March 30, 2015
Co-op action set in a deadly post-apocalyptic Sweden.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.2
Infinite Crisis

Infinite Crisis

Platform: PC
March 26, 2015
Infinite Crisis is a new entrant into the MOBA genre that delivers a competitive player vs. player battle experience set in the legendary DC Multiverse - a world in which familiar DC Comics characters have been reimagined in startling ways. Featuring a wide variety of DC Comics heroes and villains, Infinite Crisis puts players in control of twisted incarnations of their characters throughout the Multiverse such as Nightmare Batman and Gaslight Catwoman, playing in league with characters including Green Lantern and The Flash.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.6
Etherium

Etherium

Platform: PC
March 25, 2015
In Etherium, three empires are locked in a ruthless struggle to control a distant planet and its moons; this planet contains etherium, a mysterious and precious resource. The player will take the lead of one of the three factions, each with its individual characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, technologies and special skills, such as climate control, espionage and precognition.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.3
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Platform: 3DS
March 13, 2015
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. is a new take on strategy games inspired by third-person shooters. Like the Fire Emblem and Advance Wars games before it, Code Name S.T.E.A.M. tasks players with planning out strategic moves using a team of soldiers to do battle with enemy forces. But this game throws a wrench into many of the conventions familiar to the genre.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.8
Monster Combine TD

Monster Combine TD

Platform: 3DS
March 12, 2015
Only you can rewrite the story and save the world from a tragic fate! Become a summoner to protect a prestigious school of wizardry and witchcraft! With the help of your new companion Katrina, defend the schools gates by summoning weird-looking creatures coming from the old tales and mythologies. Using fresh, intuitive drag-and-drop gameplay, move your monsters as if you were moving pieces on a board game. Use the elemental cards to make your monsters evolve, or combine two of them to heal your most valuable one! Summoning cards being randomly dealt, youll have to quickly react and renew your strategy all the time! Katrina is helping you by casting some powerful spells! Story featuring colourful characters and multiple choice dialogue. Simple and addictive, Monster Combine TD is a game for everyone, from tower defence lovers to casual gamers. -40 levels with random enemy spawn. -35 combinations available. -9 types of cards and 8 magical spells. -Use experience points to increase your abilities. -Monsters notes to unlock. -Use of QR Codes to get new levels!
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier's Starships

Platform: PC
March 12, 2015
Assemble and helm a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
4.4
Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier's Starships

Platform: iOS
March 12, 2015
Take command of a fleet of powerful starships in this adventure-driven strategy game from legendary designer Sid Meier. Travel to new worlds, completing missions to help save and protect the planets and their people from dangerous Space Pirates, to powerful Marauders and other hostile factions. Build a planetary federation as you strengthen your fleet and secure your homeworld as you attempt to preserve intergalactic peace and your vision of humanity. Set in the universe of Civilization: Beyond Earth after the age of the Seeding, Sid Meier’s Starships offers sci-fi/strategy fans a full stand-alone game experience that also features cross-connectivity with Beyond Earth, expanding the depth of both games. See if you have what it takes to rule the universe!
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.6
Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

Platform: PC
March 10, 2015
Developed by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines offers sprawling landscapes and maps with endless sandbox gameplay and new ways to expand your city. Key to progression is the ability to influence your city’s policy by incorporating taxation into districts. All this plus the ability to mod the game to suit your play style.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.7
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Platform: PlayStation 3
March 10, 2015
A gaggle of teens are prepared to square off against the evil spirits that have been the cause of strange incidents all across Tokyo...
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.4
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Platform: PlayStation Vita
March 10, 2015
A gaggle of teens are prepared to square off against the evil spirits that have been the cause of strange incidents all across Tokyo...
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.2
Vietnam '65

Vietnam '65

Platform: PC
March 5, 2015
It's 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam happening. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.8
A Druid's Duel

A Druid's Duel

Platform: PC
February 25, 2015
A Druid's Duel is a fast paced turn-based strategy game set in a world of Celtic lore where players can create and destroy the board by harnessing the power of nature.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.8
Heavenstrike Rivals - A Monster Tactical TCG!

Heavenstrike Rivals - A Monster Tactical TCG!

Platform: iOS
February 25, 2015
Set in the now tattered aerial kingdom of Lunnain, HEAVENSTRIKE RIVALS features a vicious group of nightmarish monsters known as the Fallen, who seek only the kingdom’s complete destruction. Following these ruthless attacks, the people of Lunnain have come together to repel the Fallen, strike back at the heavens and bring prosperity back to their kingdom.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.1
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart

Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart

Platform: PlayStation Vita
February 24, 2015
Right before Noire attains her ambition for a united Gamarket under Lastation’s rule, someone cuts off the source of the four CPUs’ powers – their Shares. To save their world, which has been thrust into a state of chaos, the CPUs decide to join forces in order to bring Gamarket together under one single, unified banner. [Idea Factory]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.2
Desert Ashes

Desert Ashes

Platform: PlayStation Vita
February 24, 2015
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns which also boasts an innovative menu system allowing players to enjoy multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles including weather conditions that can affect the battlefield map, for example, all bodies of water have the ability to freeze over night! On top of this, Desert Ashes offers its players special unlockable perks to customize their armies with, for example, The Fort Toughness Perk that adds 20% DEF to all allied units at a structure, and the Vampire Perk that allows players to convert 20% attack damage to HP between 10pm and 5am! Also experience exciting single player campaigns that allows the player to experience playing as both the winged crusade and the landians.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
There Came an Echo

There Came an Echo

Platform: PC
February 24, 2015
There Came an Echo is a real-time strategy in which the player takes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders. It features a character-driven sci-fi narrative that stars Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, and others.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
5.7
Total War: Attila

Total War: Attila

Platform: PC
February 17, 2015
Set against backdrop of starvation, disease and war, a new power is rising in the East. With a million horsemen supporting him, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and he's got Rome in his sites. Total War: ATTILA thrusts players back to 395 AD world. A time of apocalyptic turmoil at the very dawn of the Dark Ages.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure

Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure

Platform: iOS
February 8, 2015
Established in a unique fantasy universe, lead the brash, spoiled Prince Auro through procedurally-generated dungeons, with only a few tactical spells - and your wits - to protect you.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
6.8
Cities XXL

Cities XXL

Platform: PC
February 5, 2015
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in CitiesXXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis. From town-planning including home locations, retail plots, offices, industry and infrastructure across 47 architectural styles and 1000+ buildings, manage the happiness of your city’s denizens, with leisure activities, landmarks, and ecology and pollution management. With new structures, but also all-new ecological buildings and upgrades, such as the park-and-ride, electric car dealership, and bike hire, CitiesXXL offers a greener approach!
Metascore:
47
User Score:
1.8
Freaking Meatbags

Freaking Meatbags

Platform: PC
February 4, 2015
Freaking Meatbags throws you into a futuristic world where robots have jobs, cephalopods aren't confined to a single dimension, and humans stand around talking to themselves. As a lowly cleaning robot, your task is to gather precious materials from each world before the solar system explodes. Build a base, mix meatbag DNA, gather resources, and, oh yeah, fend off the nightly robot attacks.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
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